Re: Multi step shell actions
Re: Multi step shell actions
- Subject: Re: Multi step shell actions
- From: Bruce Robertson <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 02 May 2005 11:26:48 -0700
> On 5/1/05 10:20, "Bruce Robertson" <email@hidden> wrote:
>
>> I can't seem to figure out how to execute a multi-step shell action.
>>
>> A singe step will work:
>>
>> ls
>>
>> But these don't work:
>>
>> ls > ~/desktop/dir.txt
>>
>> or:
>>
>> cd /applications/ ; ls > ~/desktop/dir.txt
>>
>>
>> All of the above work OK in terminal.
>
> Teminal is an interactive environment. Try using a shell script instead that
> incorporates all your individual steps.
Terminal has nothing to do with the question, except to illustrate that the
example commands do in fact work.
This is a question about Automator; which has a run shell script action and
a text box for entering the commands.
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